VIDEO: Hardeeville family hosts prayer vigil

A Hardeeville family mourned the loss of their loved one Wednesday night at a candle light vigil.

The vigil started off as very sad, but as prayers and words of encouragement were spoken, spirits were lifted.

As heads bowed and candles lit, the message of peace and unity were echoed among the crowd. The family of Desmond Brown came together remembering a friend, uncle, son, and brother. "Buster, Desmond, he was a pretty good guy. We have something that's not so good, but that was my brother," said Brown’s sister Delicia.

Desmond Brown, 25, and his girlfriend Octavia Scott, 26, were shot and killed in Hardeeville. Police found their bodies outside his car on Purysburg Road. Now the family is demanding answers, “What happened? That's all I wanted to know,” said Desmond Brown's big brother Marovich.

The Brown family hopes that closure will come sooner than later.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Pentecostal Church in Levy, S.C.

The Coastal Source is a news partner to Bluffton Today and the Savannah Morning News.

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